os.system('cd dir1 ... and executing next os.system command in that directory (dir1)

[Sami Viitanen]

Hello,

I'm having problems with os.system.

If I execute some 'cd directory' command with it, after that the script is
on the
same directory level as it was before the command.

Any ideas ?

Thanks in advance.

[Irmen de Jong]

Sami Viitanen wrote:

I'm having problems with os.system.

If I execute some 'cd directory' command with it, after that the script is
on the
same directory level as it was before the command.

Any ideas ?

os.system creates a new process that executes your command.
Python's own process is not affected.

You'll want to use os.chdir instead :-)

--Irmen

[Gerhard Häring]

Sami Viitanen wrote:

Hello,

I'm having problems with os.system.

If I execute some 'cd directory' command with it, after that the script is
on the
same directory level as it was before the command.

Any ideas ?

If you use os.system, any environment or current directry changes there
will only affect your shell and the child processes of it, but never the
parent process (Python). This is true for at least Windows and *nix.

By the way, why don't you just use os.chdir? :)

-- Gerhard